St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-26
Women of the st. Paul Presbytery De-
vote Day to the Discussion OF
Foreign Missions.
Health Commissioner Jones Talks Of Con-
tagious Diseases That the City
Must Look Out For.
Crusade Against Butterine and Other
Spurious Dairy Products by
rne Commission
Travelling Men Entertain a Guest--
Doings in the Courts--Ihe
Local Summary. lg
FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS.

The women of the Presbyterian
Churches Listen 40 Interesting He-
ports and Addresses ON the WORK
Among the Hcathen.
The Women's Presbyterian Society or
Foreign Missions, of the st Paul Presby
terv, reconvened yesterday morning IN the
Central Presbyterian church. on Cedar
street, the attendance being very large ana
sufficient. to nearly fill the BODY OF the
church. The devotional meeting, which
took place at 10 a. M, was LED oy MIS-
McClintock. of Denver, Col. This con-
tiuued till 1890, when the regular session
of the society was formally opened with
singing. This was followed with the read
ing of the Scripture, prayer by Mrs. Van
Cleye and brief but exceedingly pleasant
and interesting address OF welcome by Mrs.
2 p. Lewis. The latter was responded to
an the part of the visitors by
Mrs. Van Slyke, of Hastings. The an
nual address was delivered by Mrs. w. M.
Tenney. of Minneapolis, the president OF the
society. 1t referred with justifiable pride
% what had been accomplished during the
rear. and spoke of what was within its scope
o accomplish in the future. The reading
uf the minutes of the last meeting having
been finished by Mrs. j. 3. Donaldson,
Mrs. Il. j. Sevce read the report OF the
corresponding secretary. The report of the
treasurer. Mrs. r. p. Lewis, was read,
which gave very satisfactory exhibit OF
the financial standing OF the organization.
The total receipts were "a, 5000. This is
an increase of 81. 400 over last year. The
largest contribution was that of 81,
made bv the Central Presbyterian church.
of ST. Paul. The next largest was that of
Ss5s. made by Westminster church, of Min
neapolis The address of Mrs. I. n. Nc
Curdy. wife of the president of Manchester
college. on Gods Providence IN Missions, !"
was listened to with the greatest attention.
fter listening to reports from auXillarleS
and singing, the mornings session was con-
cluded with prayer by Rev. Mr.. Maclaren.
An adjournment was then had to the base
ment. where a generous lunch was served by
the ladies'. The tables were decorated with
a profusion of flowers, and fifty young la
dies attended upon those who occupied
seats at the tables.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
was opened at o'clock with prayer by
G. C.. Herriot. The reports OF committees
were then read, after which Mrs. Van
Cleye delivered an address in memory of
those members of the society that died dur
ing the year. Miss Mabon Gang most de-
Ightful solo, which was followed by the
principal number of the afternoon. 1t was
on the programme that an address upon
African customs would be delivered by
Rev. Graham Campbell, but as he was not
present Mrs. Campbell, his wife. consented
TO fill his place. She appeared robed in the
African costume and delivered very inter-
estipg address, telling all about the ways of
living practced by the Africans, their Gus
TOMS habits and general modes of life. All
through the address were scattered little
stories and anecdotes that added interest.
This finished up the programme OF the
meeting. but it was left for Mrs.
Van Cleve, of Minneapolis. to bring
the meeting to suitable conclusion.
Some time ago some gentlemen OF Mime
apos started the project OF dividing the
presbytery and holding two meetings, one
sn st. Paul and one in Minneapolis. Lately
fAe- subject has been much more seriously
considered and was thus brought more di-
rectlv to the attention of the ladies. : They
therefore took the matter up just before the
afternoon session closed and, a protest being
offered, Mrs Van Cleve made brief
speech in Which she held that there vas no
occasion for calling upon the men to decide
stsci, question. She was of the opinion
that the ladies were perfectly competent to
decide the matter for themselves. The
protest was adopted and Mrs. Van Cleve
received the congratulations of all present
for helping to defeat the project.